Friday, August 8, 2014

Iraq crisis: US launches first air strike against militants as Kerry warns Isis campaign shows ‘all the signs of genocide’




‘John Kerry has declared a campaign by Islamic militants to overrun Iraq has “all the warning signs of genocide” as the US launched its first air strike against Islamic State artillery.

The Pentagon said American aircraft launched an attack on artillery used by militants against Kurdish forces defending the city of Irbil.

Two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece, Pentagon press secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement.’ Read more

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